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Trust the most used bid-to-bill software in North America

Automate and optimize all front and back office workflows for any market with the most trusted and widely used bid-to-bill solution in North America.

Thrive in Today’s Volatile Energy Market

Automate and optimize your operations

PCI GenManager® is widely acknowledged as the most comprehensive front office and back office software solution available to automate and optimize all of the detailed workflows unique to every organized energy market.

Turnkey Automation

Automate all bid-to-bill, front and back office processes with PCI’s GenManager®
Create reusable strategies to quickly submit bidding positions
Generate pre-settlements and shadow validation of ISO statements and invoices
Easily create and submit virtual bids and offers

Meaningful Optimization

Speed up the submission of bids and offers
Customize the user interface to each job function
Automate processes between PCI’s ETRM and market system functions (book-outs, allocations, schedule matching, intertie trades, financial schedules, etc.)

Faster Reaction Times

Quickly identify and dispute ISO settlement discrepancies
React faster to market changes and portfolio performance
Easily access key data
Automate collection of market data

Client Testimonial

"Staying on top of market changes for three ISOs was a nightmare. We always seemed to be playing catch-up in our homegrown system and were constantly at risk of being out of compliance on some market rules."

Client Testimonial

"PCI is the most involved and experienced systems vendor in MISO. They’re excellent at making sure we’re fully prepared and ready for any changes to the market."

Master your market

As the leading provider of software for US ISO/RTO market participants we have a deep understanding of best practices across every market and have built software to support them.

ISO Communication 01

Speed up data exchange between market participants and ISOs

LMP Forecast 02

Create and organize LMP forecast
Maintain a “similar-day” profile library

Bid Formulation 03

Develop multiple bidding strategies for any market condition
Automatically bid to reflect changes in fuel costs and heat rates

Bid Evaluation 04

Day-ahead and real-time bid analysis
Day-ahead adjustment period analysis
Bidding strategy P&L forecasting
ISO market award validation
Multi-case analysis

Settlement 05

Generate next-day preliminary settlements
Create shadow settlements and verify ISO invoices
Submit and track disputes

Expertise to Support You in Any Market

Partnering for successful market participation

We are a time-tested partner to energy companies in implementing customized software solutions with coordinated, expert support to guarantee long-term customer success.

Market Expertise

Whether holding ISO round tables or attending ISO events, we make it our business to participate.
We monitor and respond to market changes and updates so you don’t have to worry about nasty surprises

Tailored Software

We’re acknowledged market experts and lean on our experience, and that of our customers, to create the best software available for any ISO.
PCI is a true enterprise solution, customizable to your particular workflows and to the demands of evolving markets.

World-Class Support

A dedicated Client Services Group with an on-call Escalation Team.
Optional 24/7 support available where on-call Technical Analysts address concerns within 15 minutes.
“Customer Success” is our core cultural value.

By the Numbers

70%

Among Fortune 500 Utilities companies in the U.S., 70% currently use PCI software. And more than 50% of all power generated in North America is optimized using the PCI Platform.

Proudly built on the PCI Platform

At PCI, we aim for our technology to hit the sweet spot between reliability, performance, flexibility and ease of use.

More time for analysis

"We're able to do our jobs faster and easier, and it just gives us time to focus on analyzing the data, instead of preparing data."

- Brad Lafler, Market Optimization Lead, Lincoln Electric System

Unified platform and team

"I think the fact that multiple departments can use the same tool, it kind of helps bring all of us together speaking the same language."

- John Mayhew, Senior Real Time Trader, PNM

Trust through transparency

"I see our PCI relationship more like a peer or a teammate than just a provider or supplier."

- Juan Guichard, CEO, Ammper Energia

Integrated suite of tools

"Having one vendor where all of those different tools and solutions work with each other, it just made sense for us instead of having a vendor to do this and a vendor to do that."

- Jason Smith, Senior Engineer, Santee Cooper

Rapid ROI realized

"PCI's integrated solutions have delivered significant cost savings and efficiency gains for Santee Cooper. Their tools and support have been invaluable to our business."

- Chris Moore, Business Analyst, Santee Cooper

Tailored software solutions

"If PCI isn't able to find a solution directly in their products, we work with them in several different capacities to come up with customizable solutions in their product. And those have worked very well, even through upgrades in their system."

- Tucker Smith, Sr. Market Coordinator, Basin Electric